Comments on: Eminently Misleading http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Seamus http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6217 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:04:51 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6217 <i>Back then, condemning wars of aggression and rejecting imperialism were the normal American responses.</i> Leaving aside, of course, our own actions toward what we referred to at the time as the Philippine Insurrection (and which the Filipinos call the War for Independence). Back then, condemning wars of aggression and rejecting imperialism were the normal American responses.

Leaving aside, of course, our own actions toward what we referred to at the time as the Philippine Insurrection (and which the Filipinos call the War for Independence).

]]> by: Seamus http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6216 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:59:09 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6216 One of the people that Lord Salisbury must have been talking about was G.K. Chesterton, who was an untiring critic of his country's policy in the Boer War. One of the people that Lord Salisbury must have been talking about was G.K. Chesterton, who was an untiring critic of his country’s policy in the Boer War.

]]> by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6212 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:29:54 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6212 No, I'm wrong again. It was Birmingham. No, I’m wrong again. It was Birmingham.

]]> by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6211 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:27:58 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6211 You're quite correct. I don't know what I was thinking of when I wrote that. He hailed from around Manchester, didn't he? I'll correct it straightaway. You’re quite correct. I don’t know what I was thinking of when I wrote that. He hailed from around Manchester, didn’t he? I’ll correct it straightaway.

]]> by: AndrewH http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6210 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:19:16 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6210 <i>Joseph Chamberlain, Ulster’s contribution to the history of debased militaristic-cum-socialistic “conservatism,</i> Though he was sympathetic to Ulster - he was a Liberal Unionist - Chamberlain was not actually from Ulster. He was an Englishman. Joseph Chamberlain, Ulster’s contribution to the history of debased militaristic-cum-socialistic “conservatism,

Though he was sympathetic to Ulster - he was a Liberal Unionist - Chamberlain was not actually from Ulster. He was an Englishman.

]]> by: Derek Copold http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6206 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:40:14 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6206 <i>Yes, and other cheerleaders for the invasion would be analogous to the dreadful academics and activists who jumped on the bandwagon to destroy these three guys.</i> And are still at it to this day. Yes, and other cheerleaders for the invasion would be analogous to the dreadful academics and activists who jumped on the bandwagon to destroy these three guys.

And are still at it to this day.

]]> by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6205 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:20:55 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6205 I thought of using chutzpah, but somehow I thought it was the wrong fit. Maybe it would have been the better choice. I thought of using chutzpah, but somehow I thought it was the wrong fit. Maybe it would have been the better choice.

]]> by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6204 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:19:40 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6204 Yes, and other cheerleaders for the invasion would be analogous to the dreadful academics and activists who jumped on the bandwagon to destroy these three guys. Yes, and other cheerleaders for the invasion would be analogous to the dreadful academics and activists who jumped on the bandwagon to destroy these three guys.

]]> by: Derek Copold http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6203 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:18:40 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6203 <i>It takes a certain kind of boldness to try to conflate the miscarriage of justice committed against the Duke lacrosse players (who were nonetheless, it must be said, not exactly living as virtuously as they might have done!) with opposition to the Iraq war. </i> I think the word you're looking for is "<i>chutzpah</i>." It takes a certain kind of boldness to try to conflate the miscarriage of justice committed against the Duke lacrosse players (who were nonetheless, it must be said, not exactly living as virtuously as they might have done!) with opposition to the Iraq war.

I think the word you’re looking for is “chutzpah.”

]]> by: Derek Copold http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6202 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:17:07 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/04/16/eminently-misleading/#comment-6202 It's so obvious that it doesn't need saying, but here goes anyhow: If anyone in the Iraq debate is analogous to Nifong, it isn't the skeptics who were demanding more evidence, but the enthusiasts, who not only dismissed sound reservations against the war, but also ascribed the most vile motivations to those who expressed them. It’s so obvious that it doesn’t need saying, but here goes anyhow: If anyone in the Iraq debate is analogous to Nifong, it isn’t the skeptics who were demanding more evidence, but the enthusiasts, who not only dismissed sound reservations against the war, but also ascribed the most vile motivations to those who expressed them.

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